Exam 2: Strategy-Driven Human Resource Management

Businesses sometimes compete with other businesses for:

Connor is making a list of all the functions his human resource management department provides.The list includes many services to the organization such as recruitment,selection,training,and performance appraisals.Connor is working on the ________ step of the HR Scorecard.

Which strategy analyzes the external environment for organizations?

An important part of the controlling process includes all of the following actions,except:

The _______________ is composed of strategy,structure,and culture.

_____________is the process of accessing large amounts of data in order to analyze it to gain insight into trends or patterns within organizations or industries.

There are three big questions related to strategy.What are they and what does each one represent?

Influences from outside the organization may cause the company to adapt to change.

Jane took a job at the local factory as an assembler.Jane is a real go-getter by nature,but the company culture was to work at a slow steady pace.Soon Jane started to get subtle hints from her co-workers that she needed to slow down her work.Jane is getting _______ to modify her performance.

Brian recommends that the organization focus on selling its products to people aged 65 and older.Brian is recommending the ________ strategy.

Two critical components of successful corporate strategy include:

When hiring individuals based on individual knowledge and skills sets and not necessarily for jobs that need filled,HRM is probably supporting the company's _______________.

Define vision and mission statement and explain what happens when they are combined.

An organization groups its resources to accomplish its mission by use of:

Analisa and Charlie are writing a statement for a furniture company.It reads: "To provide quality,handmade Amish furniture,using sustainable natural resources,while honoring cultural woodworking traditions." Analisa and Charlie are writing:

Sun Tzu,viewed by many military historians and contemporary business students as the developer of "the strategy Bible," has principles that can be divided into two components.Describe the two components and how they relate to organizations.

Kristin is examining a measure of the financial return the human resources department received for its investment in a new performance appraisal system.The new system cost $3,500 and saved more than $5,000 in payroll expenses.Kristin is examining the ________.

Describe an HRIS and identify how it can help HR make decisions.

Values,beliefs,and assumptions are often referred to as visible levels of culture.

An example of spatial differentiation is a company's headquarters being located in New York and its production plant being located in Japan.